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Knowledge of the rate of dispersion of particulate matter dumped in the upper ocean and of the processes governing that dispersion is fundamental to an understanding of the effects of dumping on the ocean environment. Accurate chemical dilution rates of dumped material cannot be determined without a knowledge of the spacial distribution of ocean dumped material and the way in which that distribution changes with time. Acoustical methods offer one approach to studying ocean dispersion of dumped material. Acoustical results presented herein show some of the complicated effects which gradients in oceanic parameters, such as temperature and density, produce in the dispersion of particulate matter dumped in the ocean.
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Proni, J.R., Hansen, D.V. (1981). Dispersion of Particulates in the Ocean Studied Acoustically: The Importance of Gradient Surfaces in the Ocean. In: Ketchum, B.H., Kester, D.R., Park, P.K. (eds) Ocean Dumping of Industrial Wastes. Marine Science, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3905-2_8
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